In my experance with sending my mom to a rehab nursing home after her stroke even a home with a five star rating can be the worst place to be. The nurses were ill trained and mean to my mom, I ate her leftover chopped chicken one night and spend the night with my head over the toliet. The nurses dropped my mom while I was there. They would jerk her around like she was a sack of potatoes with no concern of her pain. One nurse keep slapping her hands and the lady in the other bed had to tell the nurse to keep her hands off her. She also ended up with a presure sore on her tail bone. when I talked to the director of these problems he said I was making up stories and when it came to the lady witness he said you could not trust those kind of people I do not know if he meant old or a white woman who married a mexican american. He also said the nurses were highly trained and they had no complaints about the nurses he had with him who he said was the head nurse but I found out latter that was all false the lady was not the head nurse and they have had over 25 people transfer out of thier care since the start of the year. But since the hospitals that do this treatment police thier selves by sendind in reports to the state all you have to do is not send in the bad ones. This all is true but I have to say it is my opinion. If you want to know the name of the place I am sorry but I was told I could not say but it is in merced county area of CA.
Robert Brockmanof CA2:00AM May 03, 2012
The article would be much more pertinent if it listed these SFF homes periodically otherwise how would one know. Thanks!
Mary P.of AZ12:25PM March 19, 2012
I spent a few days in Glade Valley Nursing Home, Walkersville, MD after a total knee replacement. It was by far the worst place I've ever been in or visited. It was dirty (actually had a large centipede run across my floor), food was unbelievably terrible, way understaffed, staff that was there were overworked, no curtains, pictures taken off walls, beds very short and very thin mattress ... I understand since it was bought by a company called Genesis, it has deteriorated considerably. It used to be a lovely facility. I planned on 1-2 weeks for rehab. My doctor got me out in 5 days. It was horrible.
Barbara Ellen Brookeof MD6:50PM January 13, 2012
How do I go about finding a list of nursing homes in Memphis, TN that are on the SFF list?
Judy Rotenof TN2:08PM January 02, 2012
Oh great I am not repeating all i said. To put it in a nutshell. Keep your loved ones out of Nursing Homes. Think the rich aren't treated better than the poor? Worked in one? Living in a fantasy world? Boss is coming jump through hoops please. Crooked ones in the office stealing your loved ones money,no,think again. Nurses doing meth in bathrooms,no? Think again. Aides leaving Mom or Dad lying in their own filth 5or 5 hours at a time,no? THINK again!
Debbie Jonesof TX7:34PM October 04, 2011
There are a lot more bad nursing homes than are officially recognized. Ask how many patients a nurse handles. If it's over about 23,your loved one is not getting adequate care. Facilities overload nurses often knowing they can always blame the nurse if something is missed. In California, hospital patients are limited to a maximum of 4 patients to 1 nurse. There is NO law or regulation limiting the number of patients assigned to 1 nurse in a Skilled Nursing Facilled.
K Tackettof CA2:06AM August 13, 2011
There is no way you can effectively find problematic issues in a Home, unless you change your way of inspections and this should be done sooner than later.
These poor innocent elderly people rely on these facilities for practically everything depending on their situation--their at there mercy. And the egregious prices they have to pay for this so called good care. Not! If they were getting good care it would not be as bad--but, this is not the case in so many of these insidious places and it needs to change.
From my experience with my own parent and knowing alot of other elderly people and just people in general--they do NOT want to make waves and make their situation worse. They are afraid to say anything for fear of worse care. This is very sad. My own Father would complain to me all the time, but would say nothing to them. I would listen to other residents - on my own detective mission, they would complain to me. But, when it came to a meeting or a state inspection they would say nothing. This is very typical of what happens. To me, it should just take alittle common sense that this is the way it would be.
There is no way, you can learn or see much of anything in one day. Like, I did, you have to be there everyday off and on for several weeks. Someone needs to go into these facilities undercover and then you will see some of the terrible treatment these poor innocent and helpless people receive. It truly is a countrywide tradegy. No wonder people die in these places so quickly after entering.
But, unfortunately, we are dealing with the government and we all know what that means much of nothing. You need to drop your big heads for awhile and help the people that truly need it and deserve--think of your parents.
Nila Fordyce
nila fordyceof GA11:46AM July 15, 2011
1) The smell is awful, in ltc facilities, this should be a red flag to say the least.
2) Unsanitary health condition, to both residents & employes, often the halls which by the way are an eterity, and residents dwelling an where there's carpeting reek a terrible stinch in one's nasal & or nostrils, "Red flag"
3) Inadeguate residental care, due to lack of insufficient staffing needs LTC facilities are notoriously short of staff, with this in mine one should know that residents can't possibly receive the care due them.
4) Unrealistic toilsome laborious, back! Literally, back breaking laboring conditions, one aide yes! One aide is left to care for up to 15,20 or more residents, in an 8 to 12 hour shift this is impossible, go's back to #3 (a hundred to one) with 5 & 6 or more lights, call lights sounding simultaneously and or concurrently.
5) Inopertive inefficient equipment.
Red flag conditions. Private pay nursing homes the same.
Mr. Rodney Websterof OH4:18AM May 28, 2011
When in the medical profession it is all about profit and not about the patient anymore is a sad day for all of us victims and our loved ones is a sad day in this country. That is what is happening in America today. Face it. The pharmacy's make money pumping our elders, disabled and vulernable loved ones with drugs whether needed or NOT NEEDED.
Federal and state funding from guardianship programs in our communities or where I am from they refer to them as a partnership to try and deflect the real purpose behind their agenda in our court system.
They are surrounded by diseases, bacteria and germs daily. Yes there are some good ones left and yes the administrators do not enforse the policies for staff. Good help and care is hard to come by when the goverment wants to keep making cuts to the health care.
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Determined In NYof NY7:47AM May 21, 2011
The worst evil in the nursing homes is when a guardian alienates family by interfering with patient rights on visitation, preventing visitation altogether or causing visition to be made on strict schedule, with guard services paid for by the visitor.
This practice is cruel and inhuman and must be stopped. It leaves the ward believing they have been abandoned by family, which is clearly not true.
A guardian should not have the right to impose such a "sentence" without a full-blown due-process hearing by the judge in charge of the case, and a proper ruling with findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Unless the judge is incompetent or corrupt, these things would not happen.
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